Five-year net survival by income quintile for several cancers in Canada

  • Charts and Tables

    Charts and Tables

    Figure 8.24

    Five-year net survival by patient income quintile for six cancers, age-standardized† — 2004–09 diagnosis years

    † Age-standardized using the International Cancer Survival Standard weights.

    Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon were not included in analysis by income quintile (see Methods).

    Childhood leukemia: ages 0–14 years. All other cancers: ages 15–99 years.

    Data source: Provincial cancer agencies and programs.

    Data Table

    Cancer siteIncome quintileNet survival rate (%)Lower bound of 95% confidence intervalUpper bound of 95% confidence interval
    BreastQ1 (lowest income)82.881.783.8
    BreastQ284.183.185.1
    BreastQ385.584.486.6
    BreastQ485.784.586.8
    BreastQ5 (highest income)87.986.889.1
    ColorectalQ1 (lowest income)59.358.360.4
    ColorectalQ261.660.562.6
    ColorectalQ362.961.864.0
    ColorectalQ463.962.865.0
    ColorectalQ5 (highest income)65.364.266.4
    LungQ1 (lowest income)16.115.416.8
    LungQ216.916.217.7
    LungQ318.117.418.9
    LungQ417.716.918.6
    LungQ5 (highest income)18.918.019.8
    ProstateQ1 (lowest income)89.388.390.4
    ProstateQ289.888.890.8
    ProstateQ391.290.292.1
    ProstateQ491.990.992.9
    ProstateQ5 (highest income)93.692.794.5
    StomachQ1 (lowest income)23.721.725.8
    StomachQ224.522.526.5
    StomachQ325.723.527.8
    StomachQ423.020.725.2
    StomachQ5 (highest income)24.422.026.8
    Childhood LeukemiaQ1 (lowest income)92.488.196.7
    Childhood LeukemiaQ288.280.995.5
    Childhood LeukemiaQ391.087.294.7
    Childhood LeukemiaQ490.485.795.1
    Childhood LeukemiaQ5 (highest income)92.187.596.7

    † Age-standardized using the International Cancer Survival Standard weights.

    Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon were not included in analysis by income quintile (see Methods).

    Childhood leukemia: ages 0–14 years. All other cancers: ages 15–99 years.

    Data source: Provincial cancer agencies and programs.

  • Data specifications

    Data specifications

    This analysis was conducted by the CONCORD-2 Programmer, as a sub-analysis of the CONCORD-2 study that was funded by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Details on methodologies for calculating survival were published in The Lancet in 2015 (http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2962038-9.pdf). For specific details related to the survival by income quintile analysis, please refer to the methods section in this special feature section.

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